"[T]he Occupy Wall Street movement reflects values that are
dangerously out of touch with the broad mass of the American
people—and particularly with swing voters who are largely
independent and have been trending away from the president since
the debate over health-care reform,"
he writes, citing polling of the protesters conducted by his
firm.

Schoen says participants in Occupy events "are bound by a deep
commitment to radical left-wing policies," and that supporting
them will only disillusion more voters from the Democratic party.

"Today, having abandoned any effort to work with the
congressional super committee to craft a bipartisan agreement on
deficit reduction, President Obama has thrown in with those who
support his desire to tax oil companies and the rich, rather than
appeal to independent and self-described moderate swing voters
who want smaller government and lower taxes, not additional
stimulus or interference in the private sector."

"...Put simply, Democrats need to say they are with voters in the
middle who want cooperation, conciliation and lower taxes. And
they should work particularly hard to contrast their rhetoric
with the extremes advocated by the Occupy Wall Street crowd."